Just weeks after blasting The CW Network while performing at the CW Network’s Critics Choice Awards, Seth Rogen is now taking aim at Marvel movies.
The 40-year-old comic produces the comic adaptation The Boys on Amazon Prime Video, admitting the show “wouldn’t exist or be interesting” without the mega-hit Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Still, Rogen admitted in a new interview with Full movie that while he likes many of the MCU movies, he feels that a lot of them are aimed at children.
“I think (Marvel Studios president) Kevin Feige is a brilliant guy, and I think a lot of the filmmakers he hired to make these movies are great filmmakers,” Rogen began.
‘But as someone who doesn’t have children… It’s [all] something kid-oriented, you know? Roger added.
Target: Just weeks after blasting The CW Network while performing at the CW Network’s Critics Choice Awards, Seth Rogen has now taken aim at Marvel movies.
Kid-friendly: Still, Rogen admitted in a new interview with Total Film that while he likes a lot of the MCU movies, he feels like a lot of them are aimed at kids.
‘There are times when I will forget. I’ll look at one of these things, as a childless adult, and I’ll be like, “Oh, this isn’t for me,” he admitted.
Still, Rogen admitted that comics were one of the first things he bonded with his childhood friend and longtime creative partner, Evan Goldberg.
“One of the first things that brought us together was a love of comics. I still have all the comics I grew up with somewhere,” Rogen added.
“I went to the comic book store every week. So as someone who loves these stories and always fantasized about seeing them come to life, I think it’s great. I like a lot of the movies,’ she said, without mentioning any specific movies she likes.
He added that the two were also bonded as adults over Garth Ennis’ comic The Boys, which debuted in 2006 and ended publication in 2012 after 72 issues.
‘I remember when the first issue of The Boys came out. We were big fans of [writer/creator] Garth Ennis, because we had already read Preacher and bought it,” Rogen began.
“We had the same experience that I think audiences now have, which is, ‘Oh, we’ve been reading Marvel for the last 15 years and now there’s starting to be stuff like this, which is a great addition to this landscape. It’s [the same genre] but without considering in the least the younger public. If anything, it’s much more geared toward adult audiences,” Rogen said.
Rogen also admitted that the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being as successful as it is, only helps make The Boys more interesting for viewers.
Not for me: ‘There are moments when I forget. I’ll look at one of these things, as a childless adult, and I’ll be like, “Oh, this isn’t for me,” he admitted.
Successful: Rogen also admitted that the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being as successful as it is, only helps make The Boys more interesting to viewers.
“I think just as naturally for us as The Boys fell into the comic book store landscape as a comic, we thought it would fit well into the media landscape as a TV show,” Rogen admitted.
“But honestly, without Marvel, The Boys wouldn’t exist or be interesting. I am aware. I think if it was just Marvel, it would be bad. But I think it’s not, clearly,” Rogen said.
“An example that I always cite is that there was a moment in history where a group of filmmakers sat down and said, ‘Do you think we’ll ever make a non-Western movie again? Everything is a western! Westerns rule fucking movies. If she doesn’t have a hat, a gun and a carriage, people aren’t going to go see her anymore,” he added.
Rogen and Goldberg serve as executive producers on The Boys, which Eric Kripke adapted from the comics, with a fourth season expected to premiere this year.
Marvel: ‘But honestly, without Marvel, The Boys wouldn’t exist or be interesting. I am aware. I think if it was just Marvel, it would be bad. But I think it’s not, clearly,” Rogen said.
New Season: Rogen and Goldberg serve as executive producers on The Boys, which Eric Kripke adapted from the comics, with a fourth season expected to premiere this year.